There is a scene in Goodfellas where Joe Pesci’s character, Tommy, thinks he is about to become a “made man” in the mafia. He puts on his best suit, hops into his freshly polished car and walks into ...

Only Steve Borthwick knows the front-runner to start in the England fly-half jersey this autumn, but one thing is for sure: Marcus Smith cannot be discounted just yet. At the Stoop on Sunday, Smith ...

Off at Allianz Stadium as Harlequins host Exeter at the Home of England Rugby as the Gallagher Prem comes into the closing ...

Marcus Smith could be handed an England recall at full-back after Freddie Steward emerged as a doubt for England’s second autumn Test against Fiji on Saturday. Steward, 24, started at No 15 in England ...

Newcastle Red Bulls still look utterly devoid of any fizz and energy this season as the Prem’s bottom boys were stomped at the Stoop. For the home side, Marcus Smith signed off for England duty in ...

Among the most pertinent lessons from England’s 10-match run of successive Test victories is this: Steve Borthwick does not mind if things seem unconventional, as long as they are effective. Three ...

We now have some idea of the level of the Australian team that will face the British and Irish Lions in the looming first Test. It is a team ranked eighth in the world that has just narrowly, and ...

Most readers will know the immortal line from Blackadder, when a plan is described as cunning as a fox that used to be professor of cunning at Oxford University before moving on to the High Commission ...

Harlequins defied their abysmal domestic form to stun La Rochelle 27-17 at Stade Marcel Deflandre and secure home advantage in the Champions Cup round of 16. Marcus Smith, the England fly-half, was ...